Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Mozambique

Adolescent fertility rate in Mozambique in 2024 — 151.9 per 1,000. Ranked 215 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 11.3%.

2024 151.9 per 1,000 −1.03% vs 2023
World rank 215of 217
Period maximum 186.5 per 1,0001976
Period minimum 136.4 per 1,0001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19

Adolescent fertility rate — Mozambique, 1960–202412014016018020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 136.4 per 1,0001962: 140.7 per 1,0001964: 144 per 1,0001966: 147 per 1,0001968: 149.9 per 1,0001970: 162.2 per 1,0001972: 174.8 per 1,0001974: 184.5 per 1,0001976: 186.5 per 1,0001978: 183.3 per 1,0001980: 177.9 per 1,0001982: 170.2 per 1,0001984: 163.9 per 1,0001986: 164.5 per 1,0001988: 164.3 per 1,0001990: 164.9 per 1,0001992: 159 per 1,0001994: 159.4 per 1,0001996: 164.6 per 1,0001998: 166 per 1,0002000: 168.8 per 1,0002002: 165.6 per 1,0002004: 157.7 per 1,0002006: 156.8 per 1,0002008: 158.6 per 1,0002010: 161.8 per 1,0002012: 167.5 per 1,0002014: 170.4 per 1,0002016: 167.4 per 1,0002018: 163.4 per 1,0002020: 159 per 1,0002022: 155.3 per 1,0002024: 151.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: +15.5 (+11.34%) Average annual rate: 0.17 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mozambique

Mozambique 151.9 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 91.9 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 91.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 88.5 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 151.9 −1.6 −1.03%
2023 153.5 −1.8 −1.18%
2022 155.3 −1.5 −0.99%
2021 156.8 −2.2 −1.39%
2020 159 −2.3 −1.42%
2019 161.3 −2.1 −1.26%
2018 163.4 −2.1 −1.25%
2017 165.5 −1.9 −1.13%
2016 167.4 −1.5 −0.92%
2015 168.9 −1.5 −0.86%
2014 170.4 +0.1 +0.07%
2013 170.2 +2.7 +1.61%
2012 167.5 +2.7 +1.64%
2011 164.8 +3 +1.86%
2010 161.8 +1.3 +0.83%
2009 160.5 +1.9 +1.19%
2008 158.6 +2.8 +1.77%
2007 155.9 −0.9 −0.57%
2006 156.8 −0.4 −0.26%
2005 157.2 −0.5 −0.32%
2004 157.7 −3.6 −2.26%
2003 161.3 −4.3 −2.61%
2002 165.6 −1.8 −1.05%
2001 167.4 −1.4 −0.8%
2000 168.8 −0.5 −0.31%
1999 169.3 +3.3 +1.96%
1998 166 +1.8 +1.09%
1997 164.2 −0.4 −0.24%
1996 164.6 +4.4 +2.76%
1995 160.2 +0.8 +0.52%
1994 159.4 −2.2 −1.36%
1993 161.6 +2.6 +1.63%
1992 159 −5.2 −3.14%
1991 164.1 −0.8 −0.47%
1990 164.9 +2.2 +1.37%
1989 162.7 −1.6 −0.98%
1988 164.3 −1.6 −0.96%
1987 165.9 +1.4 +0.83%
1986 164.5 +0.4 +0.22%
1985 164.2 +0.3 +0.17%
1984 163.9 −2.1 −1.26%
1983 166 −4.2 −2.47%
1982 170.2 −5.7 −3.23%
1981 175.9 −2 −1.12%
1980 177.9 −1.9 −1.04%
1979 179.7 −3.6 −1.96%
1978 183.3 −2.8 −1.53%
1977 186.2 −0.4 −0.2%
1976 186.5 +1.5 +0.83%
1975 185 +0.5 +0.27%
1974 184.5 +4.6 +2.57%
1973 179.9 +5.1 +2.92%
1972 174.8 +4.7 +2.79%
1971 170 +7.8 +4.84%
1970 162.2 +7 +4.52%
1969 155.2 +5.2 +3.48%
1968 149.9 +1.5 +1%
1967 148.5 +1.4 +0.98%
1966 147 +1.5 +1.06%
1965 145.5 +1.5 +1.05%
1964 144 +1.5 +1.07%
1963 142.4 +1.8 +1.25%
1962 140.7 +2.1 +1.54%
1961 138.5 +2.1 +1.56%
1960 136.4

About the indicator

The number of births per thousand women aged 15–19 during a year. The indicator is closely tied to the education of girls, the availability of contraception and the age at marriage, which is why it is used as a summary measure of the position of adolescent girls. Early childbirth is dangerous medically — maternal mortality is higher in this age group — and socially: it usually means interrupted schooling.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the female population as a whole rather than by the 15–19 age group: the catalog has no separate series for the size of that group, and its share among women differs about twofold across countries.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.